S e c o n d S u n d a y o f A d v e n t ‐ D e c e m b e r 1 0 , 2 0 1 7

M o s t H o l y R e d e e m e r C a t h o l i c C h u r c h

S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f o r n i a

Worship Hours Monday ‐ Saturday 8:00AM Mass Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00PM Reconcilia on 3:45PM ‐ 4:30PM Sunday Mass 8:00AM, 10:00AM and 6:30PM Holy Days 8:00AM and 7:00PM

M o s t H o l y R e d e e m e r C a t h o l i c C h u r c h S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f o r n i a

Second Sunday of Advent December 10, 2017

This Week at Our Parish 

Monday, December 11

7pm Centering Prayer ‐ Church

Wednesday, December 13

1pm—7pm Wednesday Night Suppers

7pm RCIA ‐ Rectory

Thursday, November 14

7pm Advent Graces: Lessons and Carols 

with composer Janèt Sullivan Whitaker ‐ Church

Saturday, December 16

11am to noon ‐ Gardening

Sunday, December 17

Third Sunday of Advent 

Library open a er 8am & 10am Masses

Coffee Hour in Ellard Hall a er 8am & 10am Masses

6:30pm Simbang Gabi ‐ Church 

Daily Readings Monday: Is. 35:1‐10, Lk. 5:17‐26

Tuesday: Zec. 2:14‐17 or Rv. 11:19a; 12:1‐6a,10ab,

Lk. 1:26‐38

Wednesday: Is. 40:25:31, Mt. 11:28‐30

Thursday: Is. 41:13‐20, Mt. 11:11‐15

Friday: Is. 48:17‐19, Mt. 11:16‐19

Saturday: Sir. 48:1‐4,9‐11, Mt. 17:9a,10‐13

Sunday: Is. 61:1‐2a,10‐11, 1Thes. 5:16‐24,

Jn. 1:6‐8, 19‐28

Fr. Ma ’s Message A voice of one crying out in the desert: "Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." John the Bap st appeared in the desert proclaiming a bap‐

sm of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. A voice of one can be easily drowned out. The world is noisy and it is easy to become distracted. Our faith and this season of Ad‐vent invite us to slow down, taking and making the me to listen. Listen for this voice crying in the wilderness; a voice which proclaims that love and forgiveness can be ours. These are the priceless, precious gi s that Jesus constantly offers to us. God wants to comfort us, to console us. “Console my peo-ple, console them…speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her  me of service is ended, that her sin is atoned for…” When Jesus offers us forgiveness, he is offer‐ing us a safe and healthy escape route from a nega ve past. He offers us freedom from living with the sins from our past. No ma er what we might have done, our Lord can free us. What greater consola on could we wish for? God’s forgiveness breaks all chains which keep us anchored in our past deeds. When we accept that life‐giving forgiveness we are immediately released from the nega ve past which our ac ons or inac on may have created. We no longer have to go through life looking over our shoulder, filled with regrets for the things we have done, or filled with self‐accusa on for the things we have failed to do. Please join me in welcoming Sister Ana Maria Pineda, a Sis‐ter of Mercy. Sister Ana Maria will be with us at the 10:00 a.m. Mass and will reflect with us on Our Lady of Guadalupe and her coming feast day, December 12. This Thursday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. we will celebrate a beau ful Ad‐vent Service of Lessons and Carols. Through Scripture, Song and prayer, we will enter more deeply into the mys‐tery of God’s love and mercy. Next week, Wednesday, De‐cember 20, we will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconcilia‐

on. God’s forgiveness gives us back our present and good life and draws us into a future filled with possibili es for love and goodness. That is the Good News, which Jesus came to proclaim. The coming feast of Christmas is a con‐crete promise that everything can be different. May the blessings you find in these Advent days be the blessings that you most need. Love and All Good, Fr. Ma  

“Advent: the  me to listen for footsteps – you can’t hear 

footsteps when you’re running yourself.”

—Bill McKibben

MHR AIDS Support Group Emmanuel Tree Project: Our annual Emmanuel Tree

Christmas Gi Project to provide a gi to our MHR clients and clients of Catholic Chari es’ Leland House is in the entrance. Your generosity with this project has always been outstanding; we hope you will be able to par cipate once again this year. Please take an ornament request and return the gi to the church or rectory by Monday,

Dec. 18. Volunteers Needed: Volunteers normally spend 2 hours per week visi ng the client in his/her home or going for walks. There is currently 1 man in need of a volunteer: A Client in the Mission – During the Week. For more informa on about these clients and how you can help, please call the AIDS Support Group at 415‐863‐6259.

Ministry to the Homebound Client in Noe Valley: An irascible 80‐year old gentleman, living near 29th Street and Sanchez, is looking for someone of a similar age to spend a couple of hours a week with him: reading, talking, or playing Scrabble. If you are interested and pa ent, please call the rectory at 415‐863‐6259 xt10.

Our Parish Community Birthdays Jim Anderson, Thor Boucher, Kisha Rosales, Patricia Libra‐Rieser, Ron Holloway, Stanislawa Grochowski, Diane Meir, John Chisholm, Jimi Therriault, David Johnson, Michael Dandy, Mark Magbanua, Jed Godsey, Michelle Ha on, Jim O’Dea, Tom Fumarelli.

Community Life Sandwich Sunday on December 10th ‐ Please join the

St. Vincent de Paul Society in Ellard Hall a er the 10am Mass for fellowship and sandwich‐making. Sandwiches will be distributed through the Shelter for the Homeless that St. Vincent de Paul runs. Your dona ons make this wonderful ac vity possible. Blessings! 

Thursday, December 14th ‐ Advent Graces: Lessons and Carols with composer Janèt Sullivan Whitaker ‐ 7pm in the church

Tuesday, December 19th ‐ Young Adults Mee ng ‐ 7:30pm in the children’s room. Email yag@mhr.org for informa on.

Wednesday, December 20th ‐ Advent Reconcilia on Service ‐ 7pm in the church

Saturday, January 27th ‐ Centering Prayer speaker Michael Fish, OSB Cam in Ellard Hall. Topic is “Listening to the Heart of God”. Registra on & Coffee At 9:30am. Talk from 10:00am to 12:30pm.

Stewardship December 2 & 3

Saturday 5pm ‐ $763.00 Sunday 8am ‐ $553.00 Sunday 10am ‐ $2,452.00 Sunday 6:30pm ‐ $379.00 Outside Mass ‐ $674.34 Vanco online ‐ $762.92 Collec on Total ‐ $5,584.26 Weekly Budgeted ‐ $5,000.00 Music Program ‐ $2,098.00

Thank you for your generosity! This week there is a second collec on for the

Re rement Fund for Religious.

Simbang Gabi

You may have heard of Posadas, why not try Simbang Gabi?

Every country in the world names the days before Christ‐

mas somewhat differently: Puerto Rico‐ Parrandas/

Aguinaldo, Mexico/Central America – Posadas, Italy – Nove‐

na Italiana di Bambino Gesu, Philippines – Simbang Gabi,

etc.). Each year on the nine days before Christmas, Catholic

Churches in the Philippines come alive with tolling of the

bells at four in the morning to herald Simbang Gabi (“Night

Masses”). Filipinos tradi onally celebrate Simbang Gabi by

having Mass each day in the early morning, which includes

catechesis and food. The devo on is also referred “misa de

gallo” or “mass of the rooster” because the original cele‐

bra on took place at dawn before the start of the farming

day and at the end of a long night of fishing. The missionar‐

ies who began Simbang Gabi used it as a way to catechize

and evangelize, and to pass on Filipino tradi ons. Today,

Simbang Gabi is usually celebrated in the evening, accom‐

moda ng the modern work schedule, though the elements

of prayer, catechesis, food and music are s ll at the heart

of the celebra on. As a con nua on of this tradi on in the

US, parishes throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco

are hos ng celebra ons of Simbang Gabi, and this year,

MHR would like to share this opportunity with the parish.

MHR will celebrate Simbang Gabi on Sunday, December

17, 2017 at the 6:30 PM Mass. A simple recep on will fol‐

low Mass. For more informa on, or to volunteer to help

that evening, please contact the parish office at

415‐863‐6259.

Mass Inten ons Our Mass celebrants will remember the 

following inten ons during the  celebra on of the Eucharist: 

Saturday, December 9 8am

5pm Daniel Felice † Sunday, December 10

8am Benefactors, Volunteers & Clients of the MHR AIDS Support Group

10am MHR Parishioners 6:30pm Katherine Head †

Monday, December 11 8am Thelma McCann‐Perkins †

Tuesday, December 12 8am Gladys Vazquez †

Wednesday, December 13 8am Wednesday Night Suppers

Thursday, December 14 8am Dorothy Weiss † Friday, December 15

8am Dan Hurley † Saturday, December 16

8am 5pm Patrick Murry †

Contact the Parish Office at 415-863-6259 to have Mass celebrated for a special inten on 

or sponsor the weekend altar flowers. 

Prayer Requests AJ Anderson, Ma Barba, Mary Bass, Chris ne Betz, Hank

Bineault, Chuck Bold, Dave Borstel, Esther Bruzza, Sally Cahur, Pam Deason, Ramon De Leon, Marge Dempster, Louis Dunn,

Marilyn Faulk, Shyla Feliciano Ignacio Gardea, Margaret “Peg” Gleason, Linda Glover, Isaiah Greene, Mone e

Greene, Ellen Grund, Stephanie Hamma, Joseph Hargadon, Patricia Hargadon, Mary Ann Hawver, François Hubert, Judy

Johnson, Pat Keyes, Sr. LaSale e Fuselier, Tom Levy, Rita Ludeman, Bernie Maddox, Tonya Mar nez, James McCann,

John McCann, Ronald McCann, Bill Osuna, Jason Paige, Denise Raul Ramos, Mary Ellen Rogers, Ben Schultz, John

Schwobeda, Liz Smith, Larry & JoAnne Sullivan, Joyce Tokos, Chris ne Lane Tracy, Jus n Vaughn, Charles Wrede, Robert

Zapulla, Ryan Zuniga, and †Arthur White†.

MHR Parish Registra on New parishioner? Birthday, Anniversary, sacraments, milestones? No ces and announcements? Have you moved? Did we miss your birthday? We are sorry if we did. Let us know when your birthday was, by upda ng your informa on with the Parish Office at www.mhr.org and click on the contact us tab.

M H R P T

Fr. Ma Link, C.PP.S., Pastor frma @mhr.org

Michael Poma, Parish Manager

mpoma@mhr.org

M M

Victor Cervantes, Director of Music musicministry@mhr.org

P O

Will Ives, Secretary secretary@mhr.org

Hours: Monday‐Friday 9am ‐ 5pm

Closed daily 12:30pm ‐ 1:30pm Closed Holidays

Phone: 415‐863‐6259 Fax: 415‐552‐8786 Visit us on the web: www.mhr.org

P C

Parish Pastoral Council council@mhr.org

Dennis Callahan Kate Deaton

Marilee Hearn Michael Mazzaferro

Cur s Murray Bill Osuna Richard Shaw

Finance Council finance@mhr.org Marc Colelli ‐ Chair

Nick Andrade Maureen Flaherty

Mark Okashima Ron Pacheco

John Solaegui Diane Trewin

MHR AIDS Support Group 100 Diamond Street

San Francisco, CA 94114 Phone: 415‐863‐6259 x 10

Fax: 415‐552‐8786 Monday‐Friday: 9am‐2pm

www.mhr‐asg.com

Peter Toms, AIDS Support Group Program Coordinator pete‐asg@mhr.org

Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

100 Diamond Street

San Francisco, CA 94114